The World of Scott Mindeaux

Resume

2000-2002
Mattel, Inc.
El Segundo, CA

SENIOR SYSTEMS ANALYST

Provide Level II and III Macintosh hardware and software support for design and engineering departments. Local responsibility for over 300 systems. Responsible for global standardization of systems. Develop and maintain policies as it relates to Macintosh systems. Coordinate with budget managers to develop annual budgets adhering to company policies for fiscal responsibility. Coordinate with Macintosh Managers in other business units at Fisher Price and Pleasant Company. Coordinate and maintain large software volume purchasing agreements and site licenses. Participated in several large-scale hardware upgrade projects and well as coordinate software upgrades and audits. Participate on several committees dedicated to strategic planning, developing centers of excellence and asset management.

2001-2002
The New School of Cooking
Culver City, CA

CHEF/TEACHER ASSISTANT

Responsible for assisting the presiding Chef/Teacher with a student count of 16 students and 8 recipes. Pre-class setup of recipes and confirming food and pantry ingredients. For demonstration classes, prepare recipes. Hands-on classes, assist students with recipes providing culinary assistance and instruction when necessary. Post class duties include panty and refrigerator clean up and maintenance. Refilling and proper disposal of oils. Assist with cleaning of kitchen and classroom areas which includes stainless steel wipe-down, confirmation of burner shut-off, trash consolidation and knife cleaning.

1999 – 2000
GLAAD, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA

INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGER

Responsible for assessing current information systems and making recommendations for future growth for six offices nationwide. Established backup strategy. Upgraded internet capability and laid down the foundation for a corporate WAN. Established standards for corporate software usage, email protocols and responsible for procurement of software and hardware assets. Worked closely with the Finance Director to maintain and develop and IT budget to address current organizational needs as well as long term budget planning. Participated in company’s intranet efforts. Responsible for day to day maintenance of all workstations and assisted users with application support.

1993 – 1999
NGLTF Policy Institute
Washington, DC

INFORMATION SYSTEMS DIRECTOR / DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

Responsible for all aspects of operations at NGLTF. Oversaw areas such as the organization’s internal information system, office management and plant management. Also served on the organization’s management team. Possesses a managerial background and was instrumental in the organization’s efforts to move ahead in implementing a strong technological infrastructure within the organization.

After the installation of a new computer network as a volunteer, was asked to join the organization to help run the information systems and provide software and hardware support to their staff. Responsible for over 38 users in Washington DC as well as remote offices in Boston, New York and California. Daily maintenance of workstations including backup. Daily support to staff for standardized software and hardware. Provided one on one training on software applications as needed and group training on new applications. Responsible for the inclusion of adding remote offices and adding the capability of remote access.

Responsible for maintaining an organization forum on one of the nations largest information providers, America OnLine, which later grew into a larger presence on the Internet with Task Force OnLine, the organization’s website. The site has received several awards and serves as an information clearinghouse.

Was also instrumental in facilitating the move to new office space in 1994. Was instrumental in building design, fixture acquisition, coordinating and implementing a move schedule and worked closely with the Director of Finance and Administration in all aspects of contract negotiations. As project manager helped oversee the entire build-out process. In addition to new office space in Washington DC, executed the move and new build-out of the New York city office in 1998 as well as plan and execute the expansion of the Washington DC office in 1999.

1990 – 1993
American Management Systems
Arlington, VA

LAN AND TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST

Established the inclusion of Macintosh-based systems in American Management Systems’ Wide Area Network, AMSWAN. First working within the Creative Services Group providing Macintosh systems support. Maintained workstation and software support for over 7 designers. Responsibility set grew outside of the department, eventually leading to company-wide efforts. Developed schemes for organization of Macintoshes with Windows-based systems into a coherent file server system with controlled access, in collaboration with LAN coordinators in other business units. Planned strategy so the Federal Consulting and Systems Group LAN mimicked the set-up of a Wide Area Network for the company’s continental span of offices. Installed and maintained Macintosh workstations at company headquarters and trained new users as well as perform daily backups and maintenance. AMS’ multimedia practice was a joint initiative between the Federal Defense Systems Group and the Corporate Technology Group. Co-managed the multimedia area and has been involved in many multimedia projects. He has successfully completed 4 stand-alone kiosk projects using Macintosh and OS/2 based systems. In addition to stand-alone systems, created several in house marketing videos and presentations.

1989 – 1990
Orange Micro, Inc.
Anaheim, CA

SYSTEMS ENGINEER

Developed training programs to teach staff, distributors and client personnel the use of Orange Micro products. Advised on technical aspects of MS-DOS connectivity and network implementation. Liaison with Apple Computer, Inc. and Apple Certified Developers. Represented Orange Micro in marketing to three major U.S. distributors of its products and all consultants authorized to resell Orange Micro products. Coordinated and organized tradeshow participation and represented company at COMDEX, MacWorld and FOSE.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

MacOS through MacOS OS X, MS Exchange Server, Windows 98/NT/2000/XP, Filemaker Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe GoLive, Microsoft Office, InDesign, Quark Xpress, Filemaker Pro, BBEdit, Pagemaker, Freehand, AppleShare, Netopia, pcAnywhere, Symantec, Dantz, Seagate.

All Macintosh models, Intel-based Machines, CISCO, Shiva, Asante, 3Com, Hewlett Packard, ATI, various video and audio editing equipment, hubs, routers, adapters

HTML/Web Design, TCP/IP, LAN/Network connectivity, VPN/Remote Access, Asset Management, Software Licensing, User Training, Design environments

CULINARY SKILLS

Trained in the traditional French culinary techniques as outlined in a 30 week professional course curriculum as defined by The New School of Cooking and Professional Cooking by Wayne Gisslen

EDUCATION

2001
The New School of Cooking
Culver City, CA

Professional I
Professional Baking

1985
University High School
Irvine, CA
General Courses

OTHER

Possesses a strong background in conference management. Served as the Assistant Conference Director for the last five Creating Change Conferences for NGLTF. Responsible for on-site information systems support, hotel banquet coordination, space planning and vendor support. Developed and implemented a registration database, which tracks and maintains attendee information and payments. In addition to NGLTF’s conferences, served as logistics manager for various NGLTF events. Prior to employment at NGLTF, coordinated trade show efforts at American Management Systems and Orange Micro